Abstract
Coal miners on the fringes of cities are often exposed to respirable dust hazards. Spray is one of the most effective dust reduction measures. When studying the coupling and collision behavior of droplets and dust particles, it is helpful to optimize the parameter range of the droplets to capture dust particles at the mesoscopic level, to determine the effect of the spray field on the dust particles at the macroscopic level. In this study, the volume of fluid (VOF) method was used to track the interface of multiphase flow. A numerical simulation of 13 working conditions was carried out using the control variable method. Based on the numerical simulation results, we obtained the optimal parameter range for dust to be encapsulated by droplets. To confirm the reliability of the simulation, we independently developed an experimental system and conducted experiments. The simulation results obtained were measured using the experimental system, and an optimal droplet parameter range of 7 μm to settle dust in a coal mining face was determined. Numerical simulation using a mesoscopic method to study dust–spray coupling produced reliable results, which can be used in the practical application of spray dust reduction and has wider relevance for practical engineering.
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